Interesting move, although the MAH is only on for five weeks - basically during the long school holidays.
I wonder if easy will do better with the MAH on the two days a week it is to operate rather than keeping with the MAD and BUD on those days.
A look back suggests the MAH will need huge loads to better the MAD and BUD.
The now defunct CPH route commenced 12 months before the MAD and BUD routes but started slowly, with 4102, 6012, 6358 and 6573 monthly pax in the Jan, Feb, March and April of its first months of operation. However, by July and August it had built up to 7534 and 7608 monthly pax respectively.
The MAD and BUD have started more strongly. MAD shows 5446, 6547, 7972 and 7275 monthly pax in Jan, Feb, March and April respectively whilst BUD had 5851, 6588, 7789 and 7154 in the same months.
If the CPH experience is followed it might be expected that by July and Aug both MAD and BUD would be around 8,000 per month, so MAH will have to do exceptionally well in capturing passengers to even equal this (pro rata).
However, I am sure easy knows what it is doing, and of course loads are secondary to yields as I keep being told.
Last edited by MerchantVenturer; 5th Jun 2005 at 17:39.